Shirt



(No Model.)

D.'NEUSTADTE R. Shirt.

No. 2424523. Patented May 24, I881.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID NEUSTADTER, OE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SHIRT,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,023, dated May 24, 1881.

' Application filed October 21, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID NEUSTADTER, of the cit-y and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Shirts; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to certain improvements in shirts and similar garments; and it consists in'a certain combination of devices, as herein described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure 1 is a view of the back portion ot' a shirt, showing my invention applied to the back-opening and sleeves. Fig.2 shows its application to the openings.

A is the body, and B the sleeve, of a shirt.

0 and D are respectively the back-opening and the sleeve-opening. These openings are Very liable to be torn down as shirts are ordinarily constructed, and my invention is intended to strengthen these angles and pre- The back-openin g is made by cutting a slit of sufficient length from the neck downward. A strip of cloth, E, is cut to tit over one edge of this slit, and is Wed to it so as to project upon the outside beyond the angle or end of the slit and overlap upon the other edge, as shown. This strip is stitched to the body of the shirt below the end of the opening, and extends a short distance below it, being also stitched across just at the end of the opening. Another strip, F, of materialis formed, equal in length to the two sides of the opening. angle or end of the opening, and one side or halt of it is stitched to the edge of the opening and to the strip E, so as to extend up on the inside of the strip E, the strip E having its edge folded over and stitched to it to give a finish. The strip F then crosses the bottom The centerot this strip crosses the of the opening, as before stated, and extends up on the outside of the opposite edge, so that it forms a continuous strip across the bottom of the opening, and having a width equal to nearly the amount of overlap of the strip E. This gives a broad and strong re-ent'orce to this opening of the shirt, which effectually prevents it being torn down any farther.

In the construction of the sleeves the opening D is also formed with a similar strip at the bottom of the opening or slit, which extends up the arm from the wrist-opening, and this is, in like manner, prevented from being torn down.

The formation and method of stitching the strips E and F so that the bight ot' the latter fits into the overlap of the former enables me to strengthen this part without an undue accumulation of cloth at the angle, and it presents a tine finish.

I am aware that it is not new to strengthen the back-openings of shirts by faci'ngs extending the entire length of said openings, and therefore I do not claim such as my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a shirt having slits or openings 0 D in the body and sleeves, the overlapping strips E, stitched to one edge of the opening and across its lower end, in combination with the continuous strip F, stitched within the strip E, across the end of the opening and up on the opposite sides, so as to form a finish and reen force, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DAVID NEUSTADTER. Witnesses: I

S. H. NOURSE,

FRANK A. BROQKS. 

